Living a new life as a 'fugitive from slavery, ' he tells his audiences of his decades-long labours as a world-leading freedom-fighter. A powerful literary work, Douglass' final autobiography shares the stories of his 'several lives in one.'īeginning with his war against 'the hell-black system of human bondage, ' Douglass bears witness to his personal experiences of mind-body-and soul-destroying tragedies. Securing his self-liberation at twenty years of age in 1838, he went on to become the most renowned antislavery activist, social justice campaigner, author, orator, philosopher, essayist, historian, intellectual, statesman, and liberator in U.S.
Toni Morrison and Angela Davis talking about the book at the New York Public Library on Octoin a 2-hour film.Description 'It will be seen in these pages that I have lived several lives in one: first, the life of slavery secondly, the life of a fugitive from slavery thirdly, the life of comparative freedom fourthly, the life of conflict and battle and, fifthly, the life of victory, if not complete, at least assured.'įirst published in 1892, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass Written By Himself is the final autobiography written by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who was born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland.
ISBN: 9780872865273 | City Lights Related Resource An important new edition of an American classic. And in an extended introductory essay written for this edition, Davis comments on previous editions of the “Narrative” and re-examines Douglass through a contemporary feminist perspective. With detailed attention to Douglass’s text, she interrogates the legacy of slavery and shares timeless lessons about oppression, resistance, and freedom. In two philosophical lectures originally delivered at UCLA in autumn 1969, Davis focuses on Douglass’s intellectual and spiritual awakening, and the importance of self-knowledge in achieving freedom from all forms of oppression. In this new critical edition, legendary activist and feminist scholar Angela Davis sheds new light on the legacy of Frederick Douglass. After escaping slavery, Douglass became a leader in the anti-slavery and women’s rights movements, a bestselling author, and U.S. Achieving literacy emboldens Douglass to resist, escape, and ultimately achieve his freedom. A masterpiece of African American literature, Frederick Douglass’s “Narrative” is the powerful story of an enslaved youth coming into social and moral consciousness by disobeying his white slavemasters and secretly teaching himself to read.
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